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Lowering Mk2 Cortina


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Calling out to cortina gurus! 

 

I have a 68 mk2 4 Door currently lowered on mk1 super low king springs and 2” blocks and it’s sitting nicely.

 I have replaced shocks in the rear and bushes throughout but the issue I’m having is the front shocks are about 40mm too long for the springs to be captive.

i have looked into shortening some brand new replacement shocks but the shaft will end up shorter than the body and the engineer I spoke to is not willing to go that low because they may leak if they get compressed too far.

ive heard of others using a corolla or Camry shock with slight modification,  google has failed to tell me what this shock is! 

 

Can anyone one help with a recommendation of something around 40mm shorter? Be great to get this car legal again for summer cruising 

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just don’t push the shock in too far? I’ve had shocks (mk2 Cortina as well) shortened enough so that this was a risk as well but once it’s all Together I’m pretty sure it’s physiaclly impossible for it to compress to much (I.e the spring will bind first)

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I haven't pulled the shock apart yet as it will immobilise the car which is currently movable when I need to. I have a set of inserts sitting on the pickup shelf waiting for me at repco and they aren't overly expensive. I tried calling autolign in wellington a while back hoping the guys there would have some ideas but they recommended I bought brand new shocks and went to Howat engineering to get them shortened.

 

@Beaver I hadn't actually considered the spring would be taller even when compressed completely that it would be impossible for the shock to go inside itself. I think ill stick to this idea and shorten some brand new shock inserts down as its probably less work than making adaptors to make other inserts work. Thanks!

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Do autolign not shorten them anymore themselves? Ive had a couple of sets done through them, (both in CHCH an wellington). Pretty sure they just send them up to Auckland. Alternatively, our resident expert Manu @Steelies has done this for me in the past and may be interested in offering his services. 

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